Standing Strong for Native Families
A website from the Native American Rights Fund
Four decades ago, Minnesota created some of the strongest protections in the country to stop the practice of separating Native children from their communities when they are placed in foster care. But in practice, families and advocates across the state say those protections erode quickly when resources are stretched thin, services are miles away, or … Read more
Amid drums, smudging and chants to “bring our children home,” supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act gathered early this morning outside the Minnesota Capitol building, as the state’s highest court considered the latest legal threat to the bedrock 1978 law. Read the full article at the Imprint’s website.
The state law was intended to address shortcomings in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. Read the full article at the MinnPost website.
Read the full opinion at the National Indian Law Library website.
A case now before the Minnesota Court of Appeals revives debate over the nation’s 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and a local version of the law — alleging that the legal statutes protecting Indigenous children, families and tribes racially discriminate against white foster parents. Read the full article at The Imprint.